Car-coupling



(No Model.)

0. W EIK, Jr.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 279,059. Patented June 5,1883.

INVENTOR WITNESSES:

X JWa/M ATTORNEYS.

ATENT FFIC'EQ CHARLES W'EIK, JR, OF BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,059, dated June 5, 1883.

' Application filed December 2l, 1832.

To all whom, it nuty concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES \VEIK, J r., of Bristol, in the county of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Gar()oupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in car-couplings having for its object to effect the ready coupling and uncoupling of the cars; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 shows a longitudinal sectional elevation and a longitudinal partly sectional elevation of. my improved car-coupling. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional elevation of one of the draw-heads, on the line at m, Fig. 2.

The draw-head A is provided in each side with a longitudinal slot, B, in which a block, 0, can slide forward and backward, to each side of which block a plate, D, is held bybolts E, passing transversely through the said block and through the plates D. The inner surfaces of the plates D rest against the sides of the draw-head. A The sliding block 0 is provided, near its front or outer end and at the upper edges, with a loop or eye, F, on each side, to which eyes levers or ropes can be fastened for moving the block longitudinally. The block is provided with a longitudinal groove, a, in the front part of its top, which groove extends to the outer end of the block. The draw-head is provided with the usual pin-openings in the top and bottom. The block 0 is provided on its front end with a series of offsets or shoul- (No model.)

(lers, dthat is, the outer end of the block is formedlikeinverted steps. The offsets (I serve to hold the couplinglink G at the desired in; clination in case draw-heads at different elevations abovethe tracks are to be coupled. If the inner end of the link is under the lowest shoulder d, it will be held horizontally. If it is held under one of the other two shoulders, it will be inclined downwardly more or less. The link is adjusted at the desired inclination in the higher draw-headand the block 0 of the other draw-head is drawn forward, so that the coupling pin H can rest on the same. \Vhen the link passes into the said draw-head it pushes the block 0 inward and from under the pin, permitting the same to drop through the link, whereby the cars will be coupled automatically. The groove a in the top of the block 0 serves to hold the pin straight before the same drops to couple.

The sliding block 0 can be combined with any drawhead of the usual construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head A, having the side openings or slots, B, of the sliding block 0, with shoulders cl at its forward end, and means, F, for its operation, said block being provided with side plates, D, arranged on the outside of the draw-head and to project above and below the plane of the upper and lower surfaces of the draw-head slots B, as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

GHARLES WEIK, JR. Witnesses Isaac S. WALTON, FRANKLIN H. WEIK. 

